Weekend News Roundup! The VMAs, a Shark Attack, a New De La Soul Album, and Kayne For President

Happy Monday! Here’s our compendium of pop culture news you may have missed while you were doing more important things over the weekend.

• Horror film legend Wes Craven and neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks both passed away over the weekend. They were 76 and 82 respectively. [THR, NYT]

• The VMAs took place. Host Miley Cyrus wore some interesting concoctions designed by Jeremy Scott. Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj performed together. Nicki Minaj does not like Miley Cyrus. Taylor Swift presented Kanye West with a lifetime achievement award. Kanye gave an acceptance speech, which ended with the announcement that he will be running for President in 2020. He was possibly joking, but you can never be sure thanks to the entertainment-to-politics trailblazers that are Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Donald Trump. Justin Bieber cried. [Time]

• And if you care about who actually won awards, here is the list. [THR]